Construction Begins

(A)All the [a]skillful people among those who were performing the work made the [b]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [c]violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, [d]Bezalel made them. The length of each curtain was [e]twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had [f]the same measurements. 10 He [g]joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he [h]joined to one another. 11 And he made loops of violet on the edge of the [i]outermost curtain in the first [j]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was [k]outermost in the second [l]set. 12 He made (B)fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the [m]edge of the curtain that was in the second [n]set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He also made (C)fifty clasps of gold, and [o]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was [p]a unit.

14 Then (D)he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he [q]made eleven curtains in all. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [r]the same measurements. 16 He [s]joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. 17 Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first [t]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second [u]set. 18 He also made fifty clasps of [v]bronze to [w]join the tent together so that it would be [x]a unit. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins [y]dyed red, and a covering of [z]fine leather above.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 36:8 Lit wise of heart
  2. Exodus 36:8 Lit dwelling place
  3. Exodus 36:8 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  4. Exodus 36:8 Lit he
  5. Exodus 36:9 About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m
  6. Exodus 36:9 Lit one measure
  7. Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
  8. Exodus 36:10 Or coupled
  9. Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
  10. Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
  11. Exodus 36:11 Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling
  12. Exodus 36:11 Lit coupling
  13. Exodus 36:12 Lit end
  14. Exodus 36:12 Lit coupling
  15. Exodus 36:13 Or coupled
  16. Exodus 36:13 Lit one
  17. Exodus 36:14 Lit made them
  18. Exodus 36:15 Lit one measure
  19. Exodus 36:16 Or coupled
  20. Exodus 36:17 Lit tie
  21. Exodus 36:17 Lit tie
  22. Exodus 36:18 Or copper
  23. Exodus 36:18 Or couple
  24. Exodus 36:18 Lit one
  25. Exodus 36:19 Or tanned
  26. Exodus 36:19 Meaning of the Heb uncertain

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